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Poike is one of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui , at 370 metres it is the island's second highest peak after Terevaka.Poike forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui, and there is an abrupt cliff "the Poike ditch" across the island marking the boundary between flows from Terevaka and Poike....
is one of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui (Easter Island

Easter Island

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile....
) (a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
), at 370 metres it is the island's second highest peak after Terevaka

Terevaka

Terevaka is the largest, tallest and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui . Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi....
.

Poike

Poike

Poike is one of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui , at 370 metres it is the island's second highest peak after Terevaka.Poike forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui, and there is an abrupt cliff "the Poike ditch" across the island marking the boundary between flows from Terevaka and Poike....
forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui, and there is an abrupt cliff "the Poike ditch" across the island marking the boundary between flows from Terevaka and Poike. Poike last erupted between 230,000 to 705,000 years ago in the Pleistocene

Pleistocene

The Pleistocene is the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years Before Present covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
, and as the oldest of Easter Island

Easter Island

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile....
's three volcanoes is the most weathered with relatively stoneless soil.

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Poike

Poike is one of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui , at 370 metres it is the island's second highest peak after Terevaka.Poike forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui, and there is an abrupt cliff "the Poike ditch" across the island marking the boundary between flows from Terevaka and Poike....
is one of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui (Easter Island

Easter Island

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile....
) (a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
), at 370 metres it is the island's second highest peak after Terevaka

Terevaka

Terevaka is the largest, tallest and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui . Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi....
.

Poike

Poike

Poike is one of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui , at 370 metres it is the island's second highest peak after Terevaka.Poike forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui, and there is an abrupt cliff "the Poike ditch" across the island marking the boundary between flows from Terevaka and Poike....
forms the eastern headland of Rapa Nui, and there is an abrupt cliff "the Poike ditch" across the island marking the boundary between flows from Terevaka and Poike. Poike last erupted between 230,000 to 705,000 years ago in the Pleistocene

Pleistocene

The Pleistocene is the epoch from 1.8 million to 10,000 years Before Present covering the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
, and as the oldest of Easter Island

Easter Island

Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile....
's three volcanoes is the most weathered with relatively stoneless soil.

See also

List of volcanoes in Chile
List of volcanoes in Chile

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Chile.See also * List of lakes in Chile* List of rivers of ChileReferences ...
List of volcanoes in Pacific Ocean
List of volcanoes in Pacific Ocean

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes.References...

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from the Easter Island Foundation